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bewildered

/bəˈwɪldɚd/ adjective C1
  1. Baffled, confused, mystified, at a loss, not thinking clearly, or uncertain. · He was just standing there, turning this way and that, with a bewildered look on his face.
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“Oh,” repeated the young girl, almost bewildered, “can I not leave the house?—can I not escape?”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1000 · C1
“Suppose we wait a while, and see what comes of it,” said he, casting a bewildered look on his companion.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 36 · C1
“How can I tell you?” replied he; “I am, like yourself, utterly bewildered at all that is going on, and cannot in the least make out what it is about.” Caderousse then looked around for Fernand, but he had disappeared.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 32 · C1
Barry had engaged to stay with the children during her absence, was helpless and bewildered, quite incapable of thinking what to do, or doing it if she thought of it.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 137 · C1

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